May 05, 2020 - QUEENS, New York: A large vigil was held at the Queensbridge Houses today. William Daniels, aka Kiing Shooter, died this week following medical issues while being hospitalized. He was recently signed to Nas’ label, Street Dreams Records. Police arrived to disperse the crowd of about 50 people around 2pm, eventually calling for backup. The crowd that had gathered slowly and peacefully dispersed. This reporter overheard police then tell the crowd to to move to Queensbridge Park, not far away. The police blocked the entrances to the park and allowed the vigil to take place inside for about an hour. After the hour had passed, this reporter witnessed 3 females being led out of the park in handcuffs and loaded into police vans while screaming and kicking. The NYPD then used the loudspeakers to announce that these gatherings are against the law and to disperse the crowd. We are not aware what, if any, charges were brought against those arrested. Video by Oliya Scootercaster (FNTV freedomnews.tv) SEE MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYZJicBY-bHb-qKVBtJoX0B0aTJeRkz5_ Desk@freedomnews.tv to license video footage editorial, documentary and/or commercial HTTP://WWW.SCOOTERCASTER.COM HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/SCOOTERCASTERNY ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSH8FJPkiO4

May 6 2020 - MANHATTAN, New York: For the first time in its history, the Metropolitan Transit Authority shut down the New York City subway system. We were given access to one station as they cleaned the subway cars. After a short period of time the police ushered press out of the station. One homeless man was begging to be allowed to stay on the train as the police closed the station for cleaning, and kicked everyone out. Subway Shutdown moves 150 Homeless from Transit System to Shelter System, for deep cleaning of stations and trains, social workers and cops provided outreach to 250 people. Video by Steve Sánchez (FNTV freedomnews.tv) SEE MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYZJicBY-bHb-qKVBtJoX0B0aTJeRkz5_ Desk@freedomnews.tv to license video footage editorial, documentary and/or commercial ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlnTX0aE68I

August 16 2021 - QUEENS, New York: Hundreds of corrections officers gathered at the Rikers Island sign to demand an end to triple shifts, sexual assaults on COs, and for better treatment by the executives and government. There were unconfirmed reports of corrections officers walking off of their jobs at Rikers Island and Centre Street. A representative for Eric Adams began speaking to the crowd and said Adams is out of the country, the crowd booed and chanted "he's not here." Candidate Curtis Sliwa then addressed the crowd to a big applause and cheer and said he won't be in the Hamptons or out of the country but he'll stand with the Corrections Officers. The crowd was retired and off-duty COs and representatives of the union COBA. A small counter protest gathered across the street with a sign that read, "Rikers Island is a Death Sentence." At one point, a counter-protester came into the crowd with a small child strapped to her chest. She shouted "close the jails" and "free them all" while people around her shouted and chanted "you've got to go." NYPD eventually were able to force the woman to leave the crowd. Video by Oliya Scootercaster and @NewYorkCityPeople (FNTV freedomnews.tv) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P_FZyioT5w

June 20 2021 - BRONX, New York: Mayoral candidate Eric Adams spoke about the 42-year-old campaign volunteer who was stabbed while canvassing for Adams today in the Bronx. Adams said that there was some dispute taking place before the victim was stabbed multiple times outside of the Bronx campaign office. Video by Usman Chohan (FNTV freedomnews.tv) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_Ca4irBwI